Editing City Series:Volume6d Chapter8 (section)

===Part 2===

An aerial aircraft carrier’s bridge had gone silent.

The bridge was illuminated by the moon in the sky. Everyone there wore gray uniforms – the uniforms of the AIF.

No one said a word while their gray added another color to the pale blue moonlight and darker blue shadows.

The only noises were the blowing wind hitting the bridge and the ship’s own sounds.

Everyone’s eyes were turned the same direction: east. They looked through the blast-resistant glass surrounding the bridge to view the eastern night sky. They could no longer see the bombers in the subzero air.

Then one person on the bridge moved. The communications officer by the wall raised his head.

“The flagship is moving out front! We are changing formation!”

His voice was directed toward the captain’s seat located at the raised rear of the bridge, but the captain and aide there were joined by two others. A large man and a short woman sat on the edge of the raised platform for the captain’s chair.

They were Pale and Corelle.

Corelle sighed and clicked her tongue.

“So that flagship plans to spend the next week commanding this bombing while gathering data on air routes to Germania. I bet the Allies hope to use that to launch their ACBS.”

Once she was done talking, the flagship moved even further forward.

Then someone moved on the bridge again.

The same communications officer as before suddenly stood up with his hands against his headphones. He looked to the others and started to say something.

“––––––”

But then he turned back to his communications equipment.

“What is it?” asked the captain.

“We’re receiving a transmission using standard encryption on the AIF’s ordinary communications band.”

He fell silent for a few seconds more, but then he straightened his back and stood tall.

“It’s from the Schwarz Löwe! Hazel Mirildorf is contacting us from the Schwarz Löwe!!”